Ashton Kutcher causes Twitter offence

Ashton Kutcher ties himself in knots on Twitter

By Anonymous

Saturday, November 12, 2011

First there were the ongoing Demi Moore shenanigans. Then the plummeting Two And A Half Men viewing figures. And now he's gone into self-imposed Twitter exile (sort of). It all started when the star tweeted about the sacking of Penn State football team’s manager Joe Paterno. The coach was fired after being accused of suppressing a child sex case linked to one of his staff, but Ashton Kutcher clearly didn't approve of the decision, tweeting "How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #no class as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste."

Ashton Kutcher pulls his sheepish face over Twitter incident

But Ashton's followers soon launched a backlash against the actor, criticising his comments given the circumstances of the sacking. Clearly worried that his tweets had been misconstrued, he tweeted "As an advocate in the fight against child sexual exploitation, I could not be more remorseful for all involved in the Penn St. case." But since the incident, Ashton has decided to relinquish control of his Twitter feed, leaving it in the hands of his PR team. Explaining the decision to have his tweets monitored in future, he wrote: "Up until today I have posted virtually everyone [sic] of my tweets on my own, but clearly the platform has become to [sic] big to be managed by a single individual… While I will continue to express myself through @Aplusk I'm going to turn the management of the feed over to my team at Katalyst Media to ensure the quality of it's [sic] content." Perhaps they should start with his grammar.